blood pooling

[Guest veryblue]

Does anyone else on here get blood pooling in their hands as well as their legs...my hands get molted as well as my feet. Am I a wierdo or do others in here get this as well when their arms are hanging by thier sides?

[ethansmom]

This does happen occasionally to me, like if I let my arm dangle without moving it for a while, I can see it pooling- but I think our arms are almost constantly moving so it's harder to notice, and not as severe as the leg pooling.

[StaceyYount]

Hey,

Way back in 1995 befire I got diagnosed a doctor at the University of Miami gave me a tilt table test and the techs noticed my hands and feet then, also the tachycardia. That doctor left the school and I did not get diagnosed with POTS until 2 years later. Sorry little vent there but yeah my hands get the purple look too.

Stacey:-)

[MomtoGiuliana]

Yes, even tho my most severe and all my disabling symptoms have disappeared, I do still get blood-pooling in my hands and ankles/feet.

[Roy]

I never had blood pooling in my hands until about 2 months ago. I was standing up and talking to someone and looked down and my hands and nails were purple! Scared me at first then I realized that it must just be ANOTHER symptom. I have noticed it about a dozen times since then. My feet only swell up and turn reddish purple when I take a hot shower.

[opus88]

My blood pools in my hands while walking, especially when it's hot outside. And that makes it impossible to do any fine-motor activities for about an hour after returning home from a walk.

But lately, I've been having more and more stiffness and a "thickness" feeling in my fingers when I wake up in the mornings - not exactly pooling, but a similar result. This is especially distressing to me, as I am a professional pianist!

[dizzy]

Yes, when I first wake up in the mornings my hands are red and swollen goes away in about an hour. Also, when it is hot and I have been standing my feet and hands turn red and hot.